Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-28
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| neece.
| THERE is a rich man in the Black HIS
says the Bismarck Times, who dates the De
| ginning OF his fortune from the day when lie
sold his wife for 81, 900.
MRS. GORDON. living near Mariana, ARK.
sent her little daughter Clara out to milk Tn y
cows. When the pail was full the girl reachet
over to pick 1t up. but slipped ana ieil neaa it
| long into the milk. The warm nulo almoeC
| choRed her, and she came near dying before
| she could be resuscitated.
| PITTsBURG SILAs WEGG, with wooden
leg, saw two dogs fighting over bone, ana,
attempting to play peacemaker, he balanced
himself on his peg and kicked the bone with
| his sound foot. Whereupon one OF the dogs
| grabbed the wooden leg, upsettlng its owner
and yanking il loose made off down the street
with it. 1t required several citizens to re-
| store the leg and the equilibrium OF the peace
| maker.
| DURING the progress OF a recent fire in Chi
| cago pIpeman was standing on LADDER ol-
recting a stream into the second story win
| dow when, in some way, the hose got the
better Of him and turned so that the stream
| struck him in the chest. The force OF the
water Knocked him from the ladder against a
| sign, brmsing him badly on the hips. lie
struck the sign so hard that he rebounded:
| caught the ladder, and still retained his hold
| on the hose.
EDWARD HERRIoK, a street car conductor
living in Auburn, r. l., wanted to solder a
| hole in his wifes wash boiler, and used what
he supposed to be an old soldering iron that
| had lain around the house for years. lie put
| the Iron in the fire and was scraping the rust
| from the boiler when there was an explosion
| that scattered the stove in all directions and
| set fire to the house. Herrick has learned
since that the supposed soldering iron was
| railroad torpedo.
| WHILE Joseph Ninters, an employe at one
| of the Negley's Run pa oil refnerles. was
riveting boiler few days ago. the head Of
one of the iron rivets flew off and tore hole
| in his cheek, causing great deal Of blood TO
| flow. physician who was sum moned probed
| for the iron. but was unable to hnd it until his
| attention was called to a small lump on the
| injured mans back, between the shoulder
blades. Surmisng that the lump contained
| the rivet-h head, he cut it open and extracted
| the substance. The iron had made its way
| down a'ong the muscles Of the neck, dis
| lance OF nearly foot.
THE best-dressed landlord in the United
States is Frank Allen, the rotund Cresus. of
the Aston House. Mr.. Allen fills his clothes
beautifully, and his tailor knows how to ad-
| just his raiEent to his complexion. 1t 10 esti-
| mated that he has suit for every day in the
| year. He has particular fondness for scarf
| pins, and his big solitaire diamond ring is
| known from Bangor to Brazos Santiago. MIR.
| Aliens income is not less than 100000 year.
| and his taste for presentable raiment can be
| INDUCED to an eminent degree. While he is
dressy he is not loud and the only thing that he
| is really proud of is his certificate as the sole
| honorary member OF the Korn Klub.
Two weeks ago Johnny Murphy, lad Of
| Vlncinnes, Ind, disappeared, and no trace Of
| him could be found. Uncle Joe Roseman
| thought that the boy was drowned and visited
the Wabash daily. On Saturday night he
| dreamed that he stood by the river and saw a
| ripple that marked where the body lay. The
a hi aAh hn vnr,f
| on the bank of the river where he had stood
| In his dream, and sure enough there was the
| ripple in the shallow stream. He called a
| bOatman to row him out. and reaching below
| man to row to shore. He had grasped the
| foot of the drowned boy. This Is said to be
| the fifth body mysteriously missing that
| Uncle Joe has located.
| JUDGE HENRY HILTON conducts himself
| with financial recklessness that would have
paralyzed the living Stewart. A reporter
tells of seeing him at the Broadway entrance
of the Stewart building the other night, sur
rounded by a score of newsboys: mr.. Hilton
| was buying the entire supply of evening news
| papers from the boys. and In q few minutes
| he had his arms full of papers. 1 was so in
| had driven of in his coupe l asked one of the
| lads about it. The lad said that Mr.. Hilton
was great big man. and that he owned all Of
| these buildings (sweeplng his soiled fists in
| all directlOnsl, and, at certain hour, when
he leaves the Stewart building, he calls all
| the newsboys to him and buys them out. The
| lad said that MIR. Hilton had done this for a
| long time"
| A CERTAIN New England Governor had oc-
casion to visit a tribe of Indians who have
their home within his jurisdiction, and took
his staff along with him. One of the officers,
who was of a consequential turn, resolved to
| make a deep impression upon the untutOred
| red man, and with this object arrayed him.
| self with great care and crowded on all the
| gold lace and braid that his uniform wou
| bear. AS he expected, the display attracted
the attention Of the chief of the tribe, but the
! impression made on him was not just what
| the owner of the snowy uniform mad looked
! for. AS he strutted up to the chief the latter
expressed himself IN curt Indian fashion:
Y o, srmy5" S9n sa a., the ofieer: Ma
upon the chief with look of supreme con-
tempt. calculated, "Oh, bah"'
HIRAM BOWMAN of Winchester, O., thought
that his woodpile was dimi nishing too fast.
| So he took five sticks of wood, bored holes in
them, loaded each with big charge of pow
| der, and plugged the holes tightly. Then he
replaced them on the woodplle, locked the
woodshed and awaited developments. They
| came, AS the family of Cary Peters a col
ored neighbor of Mr., Bowman, was eating
| breakfast a tremendous explosion took place.
| large cooking stove in the kitchen was
| blown to atoms, and pots, sklllets and stove
Il lCa
| year-old child of Peters, was struck by a
| piece of the stove and knocked down, and re-
ceived terrible cash across her forehead.
The carpet took fire from the hot ashes thrown
| from the stove, but was extinguished before
! any serious damage was done. Peters threat
ems to sue Mr.. Bowman for $4,000 damages.
THE house of Mrs. james T. Fields. In Bos-
ton, is, says writer IN the Saturday Even
/ ing Gazette, modest in exterior and has
nothing about it to command special atten-
ton. But to this happy home and into this
| brick edifce have probably come more men
and women whose fame Is world wide than
| into any other house In Boston. No author of
| note that has visited us during the past five
| and twenty years has failed TO ascend the
stone steps thereof, and warm and appre-
cative welcome has always awaited them.
Chief among them. of course, was Charles
| Dickens. Here the great writer and reader
went informally during his last visit to Bos-
| ton. Mr.. Fields died here suddenly in April,
| 1881. and Mrs. Fields, finding herself the DOS
| SCISSOR OF an ample fortune. has continued to
| pass her winters In the old home, deyotinR
| her leisure to good works and wise deeds ex-
| ercising a charity and philanthropy that
| have endeared her to an ever enlarging cir
| Gle. She has also a beautiful summer home
| at Manchester, which she sometimes Leases
| and sometimes occupies 1t was built by Mr.
| Fields. who endeavored to renew practically
his old home in Portsmouth. Mrs, Fields Il
| happy in tne enjoyment Of strong health, and
| gives promise of exercising many more years
| q Vs.l